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War Of The Worlds | Attempting to explain that ending

by Ryan Lambie | Aug 01, 2025 | Feature, News

Now on Prime Video, the cyber thriller reimagining of War Of The Worlds - starring Ice Cube - left us with a bunch of  questions about its...

30 underappreciated films on Disney+ UK

by Maria Lattila | Jul 31, 2025 | Feature, News

Disney+ UK is about more than Marvel and Star Wars stuff. Here’s a bunch of underappreciated films on the service....

24 underappreciated films on Netflix UK

by Maria Lattila | Jul 31, 2025 | Feature, News

Looking for something to watch tonight? Netflix has a huge library of films, but we're here to help. Here are 24 underrated films available to stream...

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome at 40 | A sequel ripe for reassessment

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 31, 2025 | Feature

To mark its 40th anniversary, we look back at Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, a less celebrated sequel that still has moments of true brilliance....

Films to watch on BBC iPlayer right now

by Em McGowan | Jul 30, 2025 | Feature, News

Who needs Netflix and Prime? BBC iPlayer has a terrific collection of films to watch - here's our updated list of what to watch right now (and when they're leaving the service).

What happened to the 3D movie fightback?

by James Harvey | Jul 30, 2025 | Feature

In the run-up to Avatar: The Way Of Water, 3D movies (briefly) found their way back into multiplexes. Ahead of its sequel, the tech has all but...

Re-releases heading back into cinemas in 2025

by Maria Lattila | Jul 29, 2025 | Feature, News

Yearning for some classic films on the big screen? Here's a list of all the re-releases heading into UK cinemas in the near future....

Why Airplane 3 never happened

by Simon Brew | Jul 29, 2025 | Feature

Plans were already afoot for a Airplane 3 as the second movie, Airplane II: The Sequel was set to be released - but two factors stopped it from...

136 movie sequels currently on the way

by Simon Brew | Jul 28, 2025 | Feature

Hollywood still loves its follow-ups - here's our round-up of 136 (and counting) sequels currently on the way....

Fantastic Four | Fox’s calamitous 2015 film, a decade on

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 28, 2025 | Feature, News

As Marvel finds box office success with The Fantastic Four: First Steps, we take a look back at the 2015 film’s difficult production....

Animal Crossing | The 2006 animated movie that never left Japan 

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 24, 2025 | Feature, Gaming, News

Nintendo commissioned an Animal Crossing anime film in 2006. But despite the games’ exploding popularity, it never left Japan. A look at what we all m...

Demolition Man | Why Nigel Hawthorne hated making the film

by Simon Brew | Jul 23, 2025 | Feature, News

Nigel Hawthorne once wrote of his experience making Demolition Man opposite Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes - and it'd be fair to say he wasn't a...

Mental Health Matters | Comfort movies, games, shows

by Simon Brew | Jul 23, 2025 | Feature

In our spot on the site where we chat mental health and wellbeing, a few words on the movies, games and TV shows we keep coming back to....

The Creator | How it points the way to a new kind of blockbuster filmmaking

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 22, 2025 | Feature

At a time when major films regularly cost $250m plus, Gareth Edwards made The Creator for just $80m. Here’s how.

The 1980s films of Michael Caine: Half Moon Street (1986)

by John Upton | Jul 22, 2025 | Feature

Our look back through the work of Michael Caine brings us to the 1986 thriller, Half Moon Street, co-starring Sigourney Weaver....

Blade | A brief history of Marvel’s troubled reboot

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 21, 2025 | Feature

Six years after Mahershala Ali was announced as the new Blade, Marvel’s reboot is still at large. A brief look at its troubled production:...

The Point | The UK’s first multiplex cinema deserves to be saved

by Alistair Pitts | Jul 21, 2025 | Feature, News

The Point in Milton Keynes was the UK’s first multiplex cinema – but now it’s set to be demolished. Here's why it's an important piece of Britis...

Ranking the outfits of slasher movie killers by style and effort

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 18, 2025 | Feature, News

With the I Know What You Did Last Summer remake in cinemas, a tongue-in-cheek look at how much effort slasher killers put into their outfits - with a...

Devs | Why Alex Garland’s sci-fi TV series was years ahead of its time

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 17, 2025 | Feature, News, TV

Made five years ago, Alex Garland’s sci-fi TV series Devs looks all the more relevant as AI hits the headlines in 2025. ...

The Monkey, and putting a personal spin on adaptations

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 16, 2025 | Feature

Rather than slavishly copy Stephen King’s story, writer-director Osgood Perkins turns The Monkey into a deeply personal black comedy....

Mental Health Matters | What doesn't go on your email signature

by Simon Brew | Jul 16, 2025 | Feature

In our regular mental health spot, a few thoughts about what we don't put on an email signature, and the challenge of projection....

Even after 20 years, The Descent remains one of the best British horror films

by Maria Lattila | Jul 15, 2025 | Feature, News

Now 20, The Descent has lost none of its impact. Here's what modern horror films could learn from director Neil Marshall's modern classic....

Superman (2025) thoughts | Kindness is a superpower

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 14, 2025 | Feature, News

In a climate of division, cynicism and conflict, Superman emerges as a disarmingly sincere plea for kindness. ...

Superman III | The childhood nightmares chat

by Simon Brew | Jul 11, 2025 | Feature, News

Superman III was supposed to be (and is, in large part) a family friendly movie - right up to the part involving Annie Ross and a massive computer....

Street Smart | The Christopher Reeve thriller that got made thanks to Superman IV

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 10, 2025 | Feature, News

Superman star Christopher Reeve played a much darker kind of journalist in 1987’s Street Smart - a fascinating thriller based on a pack of lies....

Hypnotic | In 2023, Robert Rodriguez casually dropped one of the weirdest heist scenes ever

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 09, 2025 | Feature, News

Starring Ben Affleck, the thriller Hypnotic slipped into cinemas in 2023. But its heist sequence really has to be seen to be believed…...

Mental health & wellbeing matters: resources for those going through difficult times

by Jane Roberts | Jul 09, 2025 | Feature

Just a few organisations and places that offer support - and please add any more you think we should have on the list....

Heads Of State and streaming’s love of martial arts

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 08, 2025 | Feature, News

Although they don't advertise it, action thrillers like Prime Video’s Heads Of State and Netflix's The Old Guard 2 owe a clear debt to the martial a...

TikTok AI babies in danger and a future of more of what you like, forever 

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 07, 2025 | Feature, News

TikTok is filling up with weird AI-generated videos of babies in peril. It’s the sign of a strange new era in entertainment…...

Jurassic World Rebirth | How The Road Runner inspired the latest dino revival

by James Harvey | Jul 04, 2025 | Feature, News

Jurassic World Rebirth takes inspiration from plenty of places - some more likely than others....